File 1341/1921 Pt 1 'Khorassan Intelligence Summaries 1921-1922' [‎192r] (31/1080)

SECRET.
MESHED INTELLIGENCE DIARY No. 43, FOR THE PERIOD ENDING 11th
DECEMBER 1922.
Local.
1. During the course of an argument between a prominent member of the
Russian Consulate and a Russian informant regarding the power of the
Bolsheviks in Persia, the former, when the weight of argument was going
against him, declared that in a treaty with Persia a clause existed which
provided for the passage of Russian troops through Persia when desired by the
Soviet Government. The official requested the informant not to repeat this
fact. Various English papers are to he found in Meshed and it is not unlikely
that a copy of ‘ The Near East dated October 19th, found its way to the
' Russian Consulate.
2. Reference Diaries >41 ; and 42, paragraphs 1 respectively. The
fighting reported in Diary 42 appears to have been only a duplication of that
reported in Diary 41. Karim Khan did return to the frontier in order to
recover his cattle, but no actual conflict with Government took place on that
particular occasion. On December 3rd, Karim Khan proceeded to the village
of Rushut Kaleh (four miles north of Russian Sarakhs) where he was persuaded
by the Russians to seek refuge further away from the Persian Erontier. The
same day he left for Tejend and it is now reported that he has been taken to
Tashkent.
In the fighting which did occur, Karim Khan lost killed, one of his chief
followers named Mirza Jalal, and on this occasion it was only the effective
use of machine guns by Government troops which prevented Persian Sarakhs
falling into the hands of the rebels. The situation at Sarakhs became more
or less normal after the arrival of Lieutenant-Colonel Mehdi Khan.
A reporter, who saw Karim Kiian’s followers after the first fight, states
that the wounded were using first field dressings which had been given to them
by the Bolshevik troops at Russian Sarakhs.
On the occasion when Karim Khan’s family were taken to the frontier
under an escort of 50 Persian soldiers, the party was ambushed by seven
Baluch followers of Karim Khan. On the first shot being fired the escort fled
leaving the family free.
3. Yavar Salar-i-Amjad, Commander of troops in Sistan and Kianat, left
Meshed en route Birjand (his headquarters) on the 8th instant.
4. Lieutenant-Colonel Hussain Mirza, Chief of Staff, 3rd Eastern
Division, left Meshed en route Tehran on the 7th instant He stated he had
been called to Tehran by Reza Khan but will return to Meshed after a month.
5. Persian Army, 3rd Pastern Division .—The only change to be noted
for.the month is, Sarakhs, add one officer, 48 cavalry and two machine guns.
Transcaspia.
6. Kizil Arvat, November 24th. —A secret revolutionary organisation
was discovered at Kizil Arvat during November. The organisation had
agencies in Krasnovodsk and Askabad. The official account received in the
Russian Consulate in Meshed shows that a Turkoman disclosed the where
abouts of hidden arms which resulted in the discovery of 27 machine guns, 180
rifles and a considerable quantity of ammunition. Eighteen Turkomans, 42
workmen and 55 Red soldiers, of whom nine were communists, were arrested
and immediately shot. The official report terms it e suffered the usual
consequences \
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